The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-26
HIS LOVE FOR Ills RANCH.
MIR. THEODORE RoOyETELT TALKS
or. mrs WESTERN HOME.


The Deiiahts OF Life In the Deer,ins Bouud-
ins " eet-Rnrc Chances fer Youns Men
who VIII werk-No Place for broncs-
The Amsunt at Capital Necessary.
F,pm ne Gairston Hs,ps
: To the average New Yorker the Hon. Theo-
dorS Roosevelt Is one q the nest int 4,S
born a New Yorker, OF the Now, Yorkors, and
since disiinGuishcd as bold, and indie
party partly Tor Mayor in ono Of the most complex
politicsl iupttures In our history. he Is elmoat
sy vel fnGE% " an rptsGr t Ind a ss
raising on t6s plains u tLe occupation most
Sara, thai S could he be- conceived once ''''. ''N'
d. We, are used 10 contrasts OF q different de-
gree 10 all sorts Of odd objections. Our no,
never saw q cable isid. railroad Wings who
know nothing Of the art n practical railroad
Roosevelt Is none Of these. he is Q practical
and actual rhnohman. who personally snpei1n,,
every department and assistant in his bust
ness. Last year. for instance, he spent seven
mol shirt, SLOUGH hat. and biz boots, with
troYsers tucked inside. scarcely once donning
q white sfirt In all that time.
plains Il ~ love Tie far West," he says, and
enjoy the lie on my ranch aboyc, oil things.
East should settle there ind grow up with
the country. II Is not nm educated taste or u
recent, Sh s From boyhood my inclination has
During ar sonyersation in Witch he said
men - lila renly was the outcome Of perlea
acquaintance with the subject.
Ths aE for making grs pa ioTtunsf o Ms o,
S srbsris vocsti" Hon needins bsr6aric conditions
II required a PERFECTLY liriitless arc' of unoc-
ranches now. There il sqoi cattip country on
and mcSan Indians but Il viii not be- nvspbe
until tho Government throws tho rcservntinns
where catt 10 Raising can be carried on, but most
of the northern country Is not suitable for the
b, as It Is now pursued on the plains:
sS $ The Mss 81
covered. sssntiIy wstersd: rolling uSr broken
country. tits Government land Tho ranch.
mon dc not own It do not 9 3,. one EN-, acre 81
bsssf to or Before
it's undesirability. On 1t they would suffer
three years out OF four from Grasshopp%rs,
drooghts, or sxeessiyely severe TlnteIs r., but
When I hrst saw 4 the thick Matted grass was
some placos is as IL 1t had been shaved with
razor, The best days OF the business are over.
have gone into the business within the last
few years have lost money, and in tho, last
i lost sh ANN made ct t. even BY western mem
severe. and the mortality among ne eattlo
the land had been enten oii.by overlooking.
:" but 10 your question. Many. II not most.
q Few ws az know
s sST good I'll round ,s s TsSS i
pay because they cannot do the work as we'll
ycrs 81 in tenth-rate towns: they arc driving
country stores. And yet the far West is very
stand any amount Of hard work and dssp-
nssss swo " sha who TO Sink GSa e9
needed for success ont n. West is the fac,
from the East who succeed the best there. are
blacksmiths. farpeSs or young men, brought
H@ End ass isee S Ba. L they have thsm they
along much fstdSr Snd further ss
East; Ona stock ranch the work is worry mo-
notonous. very hard. and mon must possess q
the Wilderness and for riding rough horses 1t
takes good physical development. n laborous
apprenticeship. confidence: pluck. and good
WORKING day OF eight hours, but have worked
for six woeks at a time when II l got on with
s ays l aSH # ySrk day sH9Hn al
hands are at 1t from before dawn till night.
mo man ought to put money! into stock rails
s ne e At
Jobs i to set a living. and then work his way by
DO ho an an i'm, WI 70 n0f
ern man Is Worth his teen the flrst year
wouldn't employ one on my ranch, eyon II he
cause Sa his Work would Be- merely harmful. Al
seribed yii bs time e9 S,g4 for him t9 LOCK-
Ieoisd ssTeand for liiely piaes ior ramon
any oapi.a and after that, when he starts Tor
'hseIf, the moro he has the better. It is diff;
cult to name Iny S15 9 uroan which IN ne should
and de DO " we'll on sio6o saved from their wages
but have never known Eastern mon to do So
tho aRssbes aSa asssdy ssaTy ali oeeaned
but the chances for newcomers will continue
to otier themselves as the present rsnehes fail
Three or four young men should band to-
ssrssm ana iensins i and putting " haS ior
isS head ~ 'e Cattle and Work tRer way %
The summer grazing land Is FREQ TO all and will
e ss sn Viii w be 0ne the
1000 acresim or loss from tho Govern ment
for the care of stock In the winter. There will
not be vast profits in such way OF conducting
the business, but the day, OF great profits in
that business Is gone; The work now offers
farmer In the East. who is, struggling
against debt and cannot educate his childrcn
as he would like to, but who In the far West
can make q small profit and lift his head above
anxiety. changing his condition from that OF
losing Q little to that Of making q little which
Is a great revolution In ones circumstances.
The ranehman OF this type, and that Is to- say
the ranehnian Of the future. will be something
OF n granger rs well as nero stockman. He
will let Ills stock roam in summer over the
grazing country, (which will long be n great
which to raise sustenance for them In winter.
He should be strong and not an old man,
and one accustomed to hard work and to
facing md overcoming obstacles. He can get
tract Of 100 acres from tho Government, but
he will need moro. whiuh il why recommend
a part1 Of several men rather than
Mr.. Roosevelt speaks OF the country, tho life.
and the people IN the far West in forms Of very
Of the cowboy or ".coY, ppnclioT" as he Is
called there. are not Justified ny tho facts lie
has lived with them. worked with them, and